by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jun 18, 2020 | Acupressure, Acupuncture and Allergies, Allergic Rhinitis, Allergies, Anti-inflammatory Foods, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine and Allergies, Health, Tracie Hinton-Chavez, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Want to learn how to ease your allergy symptoms at home? Watch this video I made with my friend and colleague Tracie Hinton-Chavez. In this installment of ‘Easy Health At Home’ we discuss allergies; including dietary suggestions, how gut health affects...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Apr 30, 2020 | Acupressure, Chinese Herbal Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Easy Health At Home, Health, Healthcare, Pain Relief, Tracie Hinton-Chavez, Traditional Chinese Medicine
My good friend and colleague, Tracie Hinton-Chavez, and I, Jennifer Dubowsky 😉 have both practiced Chinese Medicine for many years. During this time, we decided to come together to create these short, informative, videos to help you with common health concerns. In...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Apr 7, 2020 | Acupressure, Acupuncture, Acupuncture Points, Acupuncture Research, Chinese Medicine, Health, Liver 3, Traditional Chinese Medicine
Liver 3 (Taichong/Great Rushing) is a very popular acupuncture point that I use everyday in my Chicago acupuncture practice. It is often a sensitive point when rubbed or needled so many of my patients ask me what that point is used for. You might want to see if you...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Jan 7, 2015 | Acupressure, Acupuncture, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine to Boost Immunity, Common Cold, Flu, Health, Immunity, Stomach 36
Stomach 36, called ‘Zusanli’ in Chinese and ‘Leg Three Miles’ in English, is the point I recommend most often for my patients to use at home with acupressure. Acupressure is pressure applied to an acupuncture point. In the office, acupuncturists also rely on this...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Mar 30, 2012 | Acupressure, Acupuncture, Acupuncture and Sinus Infections, Acupuncture Research
Walking out of a doctor’s office with a prescription for antibiotics used to be as expectable as walking out of 31 Flavors with a double scoop of ice cream. No longer true. Antibiotics are being used more carefully these days, especially for sinus infections,...
by Jennifer Dubowsky | Mar 16, 2010 | Acupressure, Acupuncture, Acupuncture and pain, Acupuncture and Post Surgical Pain, Chinese Medicine, Pain Relief, Post-Operative Pain
Patients are becoming increasingly sophisticated about their treatments and many are looking for non-invasive, non-prescriptive pain relief. Hospitals are slowly catching on. The Journal of Patient Safety published a study in which physicians used non-traditional...
